Improvement in hooks



)Wire To all whom it may concern:` i

JAMES H. "TRACY, or

MAYviLLE, Madelon.v

-LettersPatent No. 94,926, zlateflSeptember 14, 1869.

MPROVEMENT IN Hooks.`

Be it known that'I, JAMES H. TRACY, of Mayville, inthe county `of Tuscola, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Shielded Grab-Hook; and I do hereby declare that the following is a'full, clear, and exact -description thereof, reference being had to thc accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in whichV Figure l is a perspective of my invention; and Figure 2, a side View of theh'ook, showing its mode of construct-ion.

My invention relates to improvements in grab-hooks;

and to this end It consists in ,the combination of 'ahook and shield, constructed and arranged to operate substantiallyas hereinafter set forth.

` To enable others'skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will nowdescribe it.

`A represents a shield, made something in the shape ofv a boat, as seen in fig. and provided with a rectangular hole upon each side.

-B represents the hook, the construction of which is fully shown in iig. 2..

e is a rectangular slot, terminating in about a three quarter circle.

It will be observed that the slats in both the hook and shield are made relative to cach other. Or, in other words, so that'the nose-port-ion ofthe hook will enter the foot-portion of the shield, fis seen in iig. l.

The hook B andy shield A are coniined togetherl by means of the pin d.

I would vremark that the slot in the hook' is made a little larger than that in the shield, sothat when the pin is inserted, the hook will slide freely. Also, that the circular end ot' the slot is sufiiciently large to allow of the hook turning,r upon it. The advantages of my inode of constructing a grab-hook are, first, the

extreme simplicity; second, its certainty of action; and

third, its safety when in use.

' The purposes to which it can beapplied are various, simply by altering the size: for instance, as afastening of the anchor to the cable; forlines and halters; also as a hook for the ends of a` swingletrec.'

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- The combination, substantially as described, of hook B with shield A, constructed forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- i JAMES H. TRACY. Witnesses:

C. P. WILSON, M. M ELDER.

and operating as set 

